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Animal Growth

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A series of stages in a life of an organism is called _________.

a)

pupa

b)

gills

c)

life cycle

d)

life line

2.

What happens during an animal's life cycle?

a)

The animal is born

b)

Baby animal grows into an adult

c)

Adult animal begins having babies of its own kind

d)

All are correct

3.

Fill in the blank....

Some animal babies when born look _________their parents.

a)

so different from

b)

the same as

4.

True or False....

Other animal babies look very different from their parents. Their body form changes as they go through their life cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A stage in an insect life cycle between egg and adult that looks like an adult, but has no wings is called ___________.

a)

pupa

b)

embyro

c)

nymph

d)

instinct

6.

The stage in the insect life cycle between larva and adult is called _________.

a)

pupa

b)

larva

c)

embryo

d)

egg

7.

An action that an animal can do without learning is called ____________.

a)

thought

b)

feeling

c)

instinct

d)

wish

8.

How do animals learn?

a)

Watching others

b)

Trying to do something by themselves

c)

Both are correct

d)

None are correct

9.

A series of major changes in an animal's body from during its life cycle is callled ________.

a)

heredity

b)

instinct

c)

metamorphosis

d)

incomplete metamorphosis

10.

The passing of traits from parents to thier offspring is known as ______.

a)

life

b)

metamorphosis

c)

cycle

d)

heredity

11.

The stage which the body form of a young animal changes from the larva to adult is called the _______ .

a)

pupa

b)

nymph

c)

larva

d)

caterpillar

12.

A ______is the stage in which the young animal looks like the adult.

a)

larva

b)

pupa

c)

butterfly

d)

nymph

13.

Which characteristics do all living things share?

a)

give off wastes

b)

take in nutrients (food)

c)

take in oxygen

d)

all of the above

14.

The stages of incomplete metamorphosis are __________.

a)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

b)

egg, nymph, adult

15.

The stages of metamorphosis are _____.

a)

egg, nymph, adult

b)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

c)

egg, pupa, adult

16.

Why would a dolphin push her baby to the surface of the water right after it is born?

a)

so the calf can see the sun

b)

so the calf can hear better

c)

so the calf can breathe air

d)

so the calf can leave its mother

17.

Molting is when a _______ sheds its outer covering.

a)

pupa

b)

nymph

c)

larva

d)

adult

18.

Which could be an inherited trait of dogs?

a)

playing fetch

b)

body shape

c)

skin color

d)

both b and c

19.

Which statement is an example of an acquired trait?

a)

eye color of a cat

b)

number of legs on a cat

c)

a missing leg from an accident

d)

skin color of the cat

20.

An example of a learned behavior is ________.

a)

a bird building a nest

b)

a bear hibernating

c)

a rat going through a maze to get cheese

d)

a butterfly migrating

21.

An adult spider spins a web and lays her eggs. She dies before the eggs hatch. Her babies know how to spin a web because it is a ________ behavior.

a)

learned

b)

molting

c)

inherited

d)

acquired